SUNY Cobleskill
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  • Campus Policies & Procedures

Section A
Admissions Policies

1.00 Full Opportunity
Admissions to SUNY Cobleskill follow the admissions policies and guidelines of State University. The College will, to the limits of its resources, admit all applicants it judges capable of successfully completing a prescribed program of study.
1.01 The College reserves the right to issue qualified acceptances.
1.02 The director of admissions will inform the applicant of the nature of the qualification.
1.03 Qualified applicants will be reviewed without regard to race, creed, color, sex, age, national origin, or physical or learning disability.
   
1.10 Admissions Requirements
To be eligible for admission, a candidate must graduate from a fully accredited and approved high school, receive a certificate of completion from a home school program which is in compliance with the laws of the student’s home state, or earn a General Equivalency Diploma (GED).
1.11 A campus visit is strongly recommended for all applicants for the associate degree.
1.12 All applicants for the Liberal Arts and Sciences curriculum from Albany, Otsego, Saratoga, and Schoharie Counties will be given admissions preference. Applicants from other counties will be admitted in keeping with SUNY admissions policies for Colleges of Agriculture and Technology which have liberal arts and sciences programs. Such programs are limited to a 10 percent enrollment based on the total budgeted enrollment approved for the College.
   
1.20 Notification of Acceptance
The College uses “rolling admissions” whereby all applications are acted on as promptly as possible following completion of all admissions procedures.
   
1.30 Early Admissions
High school students may be admitted full-time to the College. They must be in good academic standing at their high schools, recommended by their counselors, have written permission from their parents or guardians, and have completed the SUNY formal application. The students will be responsible for completing the arrangements for meeting high school graduation requirements.
   
1.40 Certificate Programs
Students may be admitted to these programs as outlined in the College catalog.
   
1.50 Educational Opportunity Program
An applicant for the Educational Opportunity Program must be a resident of the State of New York, must have obtained a high school diploma or its equivalent, and must be judged educationally and economically disadvantaged.
1.51 An applicant is judged educationally disadvantaged if the applicant does not meet regular academic standards required for admission to the College curriculum specified on the application.
1.52 An applicant is judged economically disadvantaged if the applicant’s family income or applicant’s income adheres to criteria established for Higher Educational Opportunity Programs administered by the New York State Education Department. Special note: consult with EOP staff relative to current economic guidelines.
   
1.60 Foreign Students
The College encourages applications from citizens of other countries.
1.61 Students are expected to demonstrate competency in both written and spoken English by obtaining a minimum score of 500 on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL).
1.62 An evaluation of the previous education of each foreign applicant is made. Each applicant must present credentials equivalent to a completed program of secondary education in the United States in order to be eligible for admission to the undergraduate program.
   
1.70 Readmissions Procedure
Former full-time students who wish to apply for readmission to Cobleskill after a lapse of a semester or more must write to the director of admissions no later than March 1 for the fall semester and October 15 for the spring semester. Failure to comply with these deadlines may result in the College being unable to grant readmission.
1.71 If a student who requests readmission has a grade point average of less than 2.00, his/her request will be reviewed; and if reinstated, s/he will continue on academic probation.
   
1.80

Second Degree
The College provides the opportunity to earn two associate degrees, provided the second curriculum does not significantly duplicate the first.

A second associate degree, BBA or BT degree will not be awarded for fulfilling the requirements of a different option or advisement track of the original degree program.

 

The General Education requirements for the first degree may be applied toward the General Education requirements of the second degree. All major field requirements are the requirements specified in the College catalog at the time of acceptance for the second associate, BBA or BT degree program.

- Electives are by advisement.
- For a second BBA or BT degree the requirements are as follows: A minimum of 30 credit hours of significantly different academic work above and beyond the original bachelor's degree must be earned at SUNY Cobleskill, as prescribed for the program of study for the second degree. In addition to the 30 credit hours of significantly different academic work for the second BBA or BT, no fewer than 15 credits MUST be earned by fulfilling upper level major field/professional requirements. Also, in addition to the 30 credits of significantly different academic work, the appropriate internship must be completed if required by the second degree program.
- Second associate degree requirements: A minimum of 66 credits—and 33 credits beyond the original degree program—must be earned at Cobleskill for the second degree.
- A minimum GPA of 2.00 in all course work in the second associate, BBA or BT degree is required.
1.81 Matriculation for a second associate degree is a privilege extended to students under exceptional circumstances. The students must have demonstrated satisfactory academic achievement in the first associate, BBA or BT degree program.
1.82 The applicant must file an application with the dean of the division in which s/he plans to enroll.
1.83 The division dean will evaluate the application and forward a recommendation to the vice president for academic affairs. His/her recommendation will be submitted to the director of admissions.
1.84 Final approval for the second associate, BBA or BT degree rests with the dean, department chair, and vice president for academic affairs. If a student is applying to return for full-time study in a second program or if a student is applying to return for part-time study in a second degree program, final approval is with the appropriate dean, department chair, and vice president for academic affairs.
1.85 The appropriate dean or department chair will notify the applicant of final action taken on the application.
1.86 The director of admissions will notify the applicant, appropriate division dean, and vice president for academic affairs of final action taken on the application.